# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第八十三条 (Article 83)

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- Law: 食品衛生法 (Food Sanitation Act), 昭和二十二年法律第二百三十三号
- English title "Food Sanitation Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第八十三条 (Article 83) — address `art-83`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-83
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-83
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### 第八十三条
<sup>art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-83</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-83/par-1</sup>
A person falling under any of the following items is punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding one million yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第十条第二項、第十一条、第十八条第二項（第六十八条第一項及び第三項において準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第三項、第二十五条第一項（第六十八条第一項及び第三項において準用する場合を含む。）、第二十六条第四項（第六十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）又は第六十三条第一項（第六十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に違反した者
  <sup>art-83/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-83/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-83/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person who violates the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (2), Article 11, Article 18, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3)) or paragraph (3), Article 25, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3)), Article 26, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (1)), or Article 63, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (1));
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a person who violates the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (2), Article 11, Article 18, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3)) or paragraph (3), Article 25, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3)), Article 26, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (1)), and Article 63, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (1));" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

  **二**  第九条第一項（第六十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）又は第十七条第一項（第六十八条第一項及び第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による禁止に違反した者
  <sup>art-83/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-83/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-83/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person who violates the prohibition under the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (1)) or Article 17, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3));
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  第四十条第一項の規定に違反して、その職務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らした者
  <sup>art-83/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-83/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-83/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a person who divulges any secret they have learned in the course of duty in violation of the provisions of Article 40, paragraph (1);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  第五十四条（第六十八条第一項及び第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による基準又は第五十五条第三項（第六十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による条件に違反した者
  <sup>art-83/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-83/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-83/par-1/item-4</sup>
  a person who violates the criteria under the provisions of Article 54 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3)) or violates the conditions under the provisions of Article 55, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (1)); or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **五**  第六十一条（第六十八条第一項及び第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による都道府県知事（第七十六条の規定により読み替えられる場合は、市長又は区長）の命令に従わない営業者（同項に規定する食品を供与する者を含む。）又は第六十一条（第六十八条第一項及び第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による処分に違反して営業を行つた者
  <sup>art-83/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-83/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-83/par-1/item-5</sup>
  a business operator that disobeys an order issued by a prefectural governor (when the terms are deemed to be replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 76, a mayor or a ward mayor) under the provisions of Article 61 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3)) (including persons who furnish food prescribed in that paragraph), or a person who conducts business in violation of a disposition under the provisions of Article 61 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3)).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-83/par-1/item-1: 第十条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第十条第二項 (Article 10, paragraph (2)), art-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10/par-2
- art-83/par-1/item-1: 第十一条 → 食品衛生法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-11
- art-83/par-1/item-1: 第十八条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-18/par-2
- art-83/par-1/item-1: 第六十八条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-1
- art-83/par-1/item-1: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第六十八条第三項 (Article 68, paragraph (3)), art-68/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-3
- art-83/par-1/item-1: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-18/par-3
- art-83/par-1/item-1: 第二十五条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-1
- art-83/par-1/item-1: 第二十六条第四項 → 食品衛生法 第二十六条第四項 (Article 26, paragraph (4)), art-26/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-26/par-4
- art-83/par-1/item-1: 第六十三条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第六十三条第一項 (Article 63, paragraph (1)), art-63/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-63/par-1
- art-83/par-1/item-2: 第九条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-1
- art-83/par-1/item-2: 第六十八条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-1
- art-83/par-1/item-2: 第十七条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-17/par-1
- art-83/par-1/item-2: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第六十八条第三項 (Article 68, paragraph (3)), art-68/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-3
- art-83/par-1/item-3: 第四十条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-40/par-1
- art-83/par-1/item-4: 第五十四条 → 食品衛生法 第五十四条 (Article 54), art-54 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-54
- art-83/par-1/item-4: 第六十八条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-1
- art-83/par-1/item-4: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第六十八条第三項 (Article 68, paragraph (3)), art-68/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-3
- art-83/par-1/item-4: 第五十五条第三項 → 食品衛生法 第五十五条第三項 (Article 55, paragraph (3)), art-55/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-3
- art-83/par-1/item-5: 第六十一条 → 食品衛生法 第六十一条 (Article 61), art-61 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-61
- art-83/par-1/item-5: 第六十八条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-1
- art-83/par-1/item-5: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第六十八条第三項 (Article 68, paragraph (3)), art-68/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-3
- art-83/par-1/item-5: 第七十六条 → 食品衛生法 第七十六条 (Article 76), art-76 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-76

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 食品衛生法 第八十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-87/par-1
- 食品衛生法 第八十八条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-88/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-88/par-1/item-2

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Food Sanitation Act, written 2026-11-03
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 食品衛生法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000233/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-02
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Food Sanitation Act (食品衛生法), Article 83, paragraph (1), item (i) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Food Sanitation Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch food-sanitation-act-20261102T225259-001, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 220 — 食品衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
